Background
Bowlby was born in Vallejo, California.
Bowlby was born in Vallejo, California.
She moved to Manteca, California, as a child and attended East Union High School. She studied ballet, French, and marine biology at Moorpark College, and began a modelling career before deciding to pursue acting.
She is best known for portraying Kandi on the Columbia Broadcasting System comedy series Two and a Half Men (2006–2015) and Stacy Barrett on Drop Dead Diva (2009–2014). She studied drama with Ivana Chubbuck. Bowlby secured the role of Kandi on the television series Two and a Half Men within months of her first ever auditions.
She is also known for her role as Stacy Barrett in Drop Dead Diva.
She has appeared in films such as All Roads Lead Home (2008). The Slammin" Salmon (2009), and From Prada to Nada (2011).
